Trevor Sinclair tweets about ‘finding the strength to get back up and go again’ as he posts a photo of himself out on a run after being suspended by talkSPORT for his claiming ‘black and brown’ people should not mourn the Queen
- Trevor Sinclair is ‘finding the strength to get back up’ following recent backlash
- He tweeted ‘black and brown’ people should not mourn the death of the Queen
- The former footballer later deleted the tweet and issued a grovelling apology
- But he was officially suspended by his employers talkSPORT on Friday afternoon
- His latest post, including a picture of him on a run, has the comments turned off
Shamed presenter Trevor Sinclair says he is ‘finding the strength to get back up and go again’ a day after being suspended by talkSPORT for tweeting that ‘black and brown’ people should not mourn Queen Elizabeth II.
Sinclair, who won 12 caps for England during his football career, received huge backlash for the controversial tweet that was posted shortly after Buckingham Palace announced the death of the monarch at the age of 96 on Thursday.
The 49-year-old later deleted the tweet and issued a grovelling apology, but was officially suspended by his employers talkSPORT.
Sharing a photo of himself as he went out for a run, Sinclair channelled his inner Rocky Balboa with the caption on his latest post.
‘It’s not how many times you get knocked down, it’s finding the strength to get back up and go again #MentalHealthAwareness’,’ he wrote. The comments were turned off.
Sinclair’s now deleted tweet from Thursday read: ‘Racism was outlawed in England in the 60’s & it’s been allowed to thrive so why should black and brown mourn!!.’
The following day he apologised, writing: ‘My tweet yesterday was ill timed at a time when the royal family, and many around the world were grieving for the Queen. I apologise for any offence caused to those mourning The Queen.’
Trevor Sinclair shared a photo of himself going on a run after being suspended by talkSPORT
The former England footballer channelled his inner Rocky Balboa with the caption on the post
TalkSPORT have released the following statement saying: ‘Trevor Sinclair will not be on air while we carry out a thorough investigation into the circumstances and timing of his tweet.
‘While we respect the right of Trevor Sinclair to express his opinion on his personal twitter account, talkSPORT does not endorse the tweet.’
TalkSPORT had been trying to make contact with former Manchester City midfielder Sinclair, but struggled to get hold of him on Thursday night or Friday morning.
The radio station vowed to deal with the matter and distanced themselves from Sinclair’s post, responding: ‘We have been trying to make contact with Trevor Sinclair following opinions expressed on his Twitter account.
‘TalkSPORT does not support those views expressed and is investigating the matter.’
The matter was discussed further on talkSPORT on Friday morning with Sinclair’s colleague Simon Jordan heavily critical.
Sinclair issued a grovelling apology for his now-deleted tweet, writing that it was ‘ill timed’
TalkSPORT officially suspended Sinclair on Friday afternoon following his controversial tweet
‘My first reaction to Trevor’s tweet was of great disappointment. You have a view, and I think it is a poor view,’ he told talkSPORT.
‘I think it’s a misguided view, I think it is a view not steeped in any great fact, because if you’re going to argue that racism was outlawed in the 60s, then you would know that society has treated it with great value.
‘But to put a tweet out with that content at that time, was to my mind, deeply inappropriate, and people are allowed to have their views.
‘There are people that will hold that view, and there are people that will hold the view that they didn’t attach any great value to the monarchy, and they are entitled to that view.
‘I find myself a very conflicted person because I abhor the view, but I know the man, so I know Trevor as a person, we’ve had very robust arguments and debates specifically and explicitly on this subject, and all of those arguments have ended, with an agreement to disagree.
‘And so for Trevor to portray advantage point, and he will have come from a background, I am not an apologist for Trevor Sinclair. He will have come from a background in his life where he would have been faced with things like no blacks, no dogs, no Irish painted on walls, and so and so forth.
The network promised to take action to deal with the matter amid significant backlash
Simon Jordan hit out at Sinclair for his comments about the Queen following her death
‘But to put a tweet up like that at a time when a unique moment has happened in the country disappointed me greatly.’
Jordan, who responded to Sinclair’s tweet on Thursday, criticising his colleague, did admit regret over publicly slamming him on social media.
Jordan had tweeted: ‘Trev. I’m really not sure that is an appropriate thought, let alone tweet. The country has lost a very significant person and respect and value should be the over riding sentiments not division!’
He explained: ‘And there will be a lot of people, there will be a cancel culture now, and I’ve seen it. I’ve seen it piling in on my social, I responded to Trevor with a tweet.
‘I kind of regretted it to some extent because I felt that I should have perhaps text him direct rather than respond to a tweet because and I didn’t quote tweet it because it’s not then about me replying to Trevor.
‘It was a reaction for me to say, oh, no Trevor this is not an appropriate thought. It’s not right for the start.
‘And it’s certainly not for the timing of it if you want to have this view, there will be a time for people to have different views about the monarchy and about our Queen. This was never the time.
Sinclair said that ‘black and brown’ people should not mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II
The long-standing monarch passed away peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday at the age of 96
‘And of course, now what we’ve got on our hands is a broadcaster and as people that know Trevor, is a culture of people saying he’s got to be fired.
‘He’s got to be cancelled. He’s got to be gotten rid of and that’s for other people to make those decisions. But we also live in a society where people are allowed to have alternative views. And if you start cancelling people, be careful what you cancel.
‘I know I haven’t spoken to him, and I’m sure that he’ll be in a state of great distress because he’ll look at the reality of what he’s put out there and think I may hold those views, but there’s no parallel universe where that was the right time to say it.
‘Everyone has to suffer the consequences of what they do and say and Trevor will suffer the consequences for this.
‘But I’m telling you as one man to another and as a person that’s talking to lots of people I know this fellow and you know this fellow Jim, this man is not a racist.
‘He’s not steeped in racism. He has views, he has experiences and some of them I don’t agree with. But for the mob and the lynch mob now will be after Trevor, I feel sad for that.
‘But I guess in life, we all reap the whirlwind and we have the consequences of the actions and the dees and the words that we say.’
Jordan’s thoughts were echoed by presenter Jim White, who confirmed that talkSPORT were dealing with Sinclair’s now-deleted tweet.
White said: ‘I would echo every one of the words you have just used, and I would also emphasize this morning to everyone listening that Trevor’s tweet is not endorsed by talkSPORT.
‘We know that talkSPORT is investigating the matter and that matter will be dealt with.’
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